The Kenyan Crisis – How has Kenya been affected?

Kofi Annan has been in Kenya for over two weeks now as the Chief Negotiator of a team consisting of Eminent Persons (Her Excellency Graca Machel of the ANC party of South Africa and His Excellency Benjamin Mkapa former President of the Republic of Tanzania). Yesterday, Annan indicated that the talks are near collapse and he shifted his focus to the disputing party leaders President Mwai Kibaki and Hon. Raila Odinga in an attempt to rapidly finalize the negotiation sticking points. How has the current crisis affected Kenya? What is the outlook for a lasting solution to the current crisis? Do the negotiations mark the beginning or the end of the final solution to the crisis?